Tool LIVE - Ænema GOOD SOUND QUALITY (AO Arena, Manchester 1st June 2024) 

Great way to start your concert experiences. Glad you enjoyed it so much. They were on fire last night. My advice as an old sod is try and get to as many concerts as you can at the smaller venues. I see loads of bands for £8-£20 and as much as possible try and check out support bands. You end up seeing bands who end up charging a lot more money in a few years time and playing in bigger venues that aren't as cool.

what a first gig, these are one of the most legendary live bands ever, flawless!! I had to miss them and I'm absolutely gutted. They may never ever return knowing Tool.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo thanks!

@mtb-mania yeah unfortunately, since they are getting older. But you never know, they might do some more. they're my favourite band, so I'm glad I could have experienced it before it was too late

@@Shakennotstirred1395 You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed. 🤘

Cheers man. 🍺As a fellow "mature" person. Do you also miss the old days with Paul? I love what they've turned into, but those early shows were mind-blowing and really intense. Although my favourite ever show was 2006 in London on 10,000 Days tour. It was like being in the rave in Zion in Matrix Reloaded. First time I heard Rosetta Stoned live and that was immense.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo they played Rosetta Stone in Allentown. Whish i could hear Flood live. This was my first time seeing them and next time they are within a few hundred miles I'm going again and take my son. I really liked Undertow when it came out and then I bought Opiate. Lost interest for about 10 years but got back into them and now it's either Tool or audiobooks. Most other bands are just so repetitive. You should check out "Lucid Planet" they are from Australia and pretty good

I was at that show also! Waiting patiently for the next in the area in a few years =)

@@michaelposteraro3811 Let's hope for an EP and another tour soon.

‘91…OGT?

We were lucky in Manchester. I think it's the only time they've played it so far on the European dates. It's always been my favourite song for them to close with.

Same here, they played stinkfist in Birmingham 😢

@@Oflaherty86 still a great song but perhaps not as good a closer.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo It is a banger, but Aenima was the song that got me into TOOL. To be honest I was just glad to see them, the van broke down in Bristol when they last came to the UK and I was left in tears.

Thanks for that. Hope you get to see them over there soon. I think last time there were in Oz and NZ Maynard got COVID, maybe he is superstitious.

Nice. I missed 2022 due to family illness so good to hear this topped it ❤

I agree with the comments on Maynard’s voice but I preferred the spectacle of 2022’s show. I loved that they opened with Jambi this time around

@@mahogany174 I think I liked this one more because it was paced better. And including Rosetta Stoned, Sweat and Flood is always a great move.

@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo Oddly enough I'm not a fan of those songs and would have taken them out of the set. We all like different things I suppose

Gad you enjoyed it. Rosetta Stoned, Sweat & Flood being added to the set this time made my night. The sound was the best I've heard in the AO although I don't like going there as a venue - too big and too expensive.

@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo definitely, I usually steer clear of big venues with expensive tickets, though this time it was justified. Usually go to small venues in and around Glasgow

@@tok1964 Yeah, there was something special about the set in Manchester. Maybe I'd just drunk the correct amount? Maybe they were even better than usual. It was a great evening. What's that great venue in Glasgow that's a converted church? Love that place.

@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo I think that might be Oran Mor, there's a few converted churches, Cottiers is another one.

@@tok1964 I've just remembered. It was St Luke's that I loved. Beautiful building.

cheers 🍺

I've seen them three times in arenas now. First time was 10,000 Days on their second round of dates. That was really good, amazing set and seeing them do Wings For Marie / 10,000 Days with lasers all over the place was tremendous. Second Time was first round of FI Dates. That was good but I was seriously considering not going again because of atmosphere and cost. This year I resigned myself to saying goodbye to Tool live shows and then they put on an amazing show and pulled out songs like Sweat and Flood. But I agree with you that small shows are better. I'm just glad I got to see them a few times in small venues in the early 90s. No fancy light shows but Maynard and Paul were brilliant to watch close up in those days.

Tool, APC and Puscifer have all been employing the rule that phones can be used to capture the last song, whenever I've seen them. Apart from in the early days where phones were so shit that it wasn't worth trying to capture anything.

There's a review on my community tab. Hopefully this link works. ru-vid.com/show-UC5oYISKMdSSd6d0G1_uDkCAcommunity?lb=Ugkx8X_O5ahKJryEtjxvpw-rcqGW15vN2qhW Also you can look up any setlist of the tour on the setlist.fm site 🤘

They make out like their all anti-rock star but they are still applause whores 🤣 Was a great version of it though. Glad they switched it in place of Stinkfist, which is great but not as good to close a set.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideoAgreed. We had Stinkfist at Birmingham last week. I’d have preferred this or Schism.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo yeah Ok Mr. Hooker with a Penis. Of course they sincerely appreciate the love after all these years and they show it deeply after each and every show. Any Metal band has true affection and respect for their fans unlike your wannabe punk boy bands, country music stars, and god knows the voice synth machine generated pop music... all said, so happy you witnessed arguably one of the absolute best rock bands over the last 40 years. I'm jealous - but on my way to Berlin now for the 8 June show.

@@thebigwool Yeah, i'm with you on that. Stinkfist is more of an opener. Ænema is definitely a closer.

What did you get, was it Stinkfist or Schism? I've always liked Ænema as a set closer. It's a suitably apocalyptic ending.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo Stinkfist. Which was absolutely amazing as well.

@@mahogany174 Yeah. To be honest there's no bad options. I've seen them open with Stinkfist a few times and that worked really well in that slot in the set. I love Jambi but was surprised they opened with it, as it's a slowburn start but it was immense.

Tool never used to allow phones shame they changed there stance on it.

@@Simon-en6yn Tool, APC and Puscifer have all been employing the rule that phones can be used to capture the last song, whenever I've seen them. Apart from in the early days where phones were so shit that it wasn't worth trying to capture anything.

bro spent 70 pounds on beer

All the damamge was done prior to the Arena, to avoid wallet damage in the arena. Rocked up to my seat about 3 mins before Tool came on to avoid arena beer.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideosmart plan 🤙🤙

8 pints in I would have been on the floor! 😂

​@@jamesdhanraj3048 for 2 pints? 😂

Yeah, they've definitely always been about the drums, bass & vocals. I quite like his attitude towards guitar though. Most guitarists like to be the main feature, but he just sees himself as part of the whole. Although that talkbox/guitar solo in Jambi is always a standout moment.

@@sophomoreslumpmusicandvideo yeah, Adam has his own thing and that is cool. Oh, man.. when undertow dropped the first thing that stood out and grabbed me by the ear was Paul D'Amour's bass tone. Of course that led me down the Tool rabbit hole and straight to Opiate. That album will give anyone a facelift. 🦻👏

@@Lycurgus1982 Fuck yeah. Paul was a beast with that dirty Rick tone and was a great stage presence too. I love Justin and what he's brought to the band but the Paul-era stuff is still my favourite period. My favourite bass noise ever was the sound of Paul hitting stage divers who'd stood on his pedals with his weighty Rickenbacker 🤣

Don't know why band went for all seated. It doesn't help.